Re: brake flush and ASC-T

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"Vitaliy Mogilevskiy" <vit100gain@domain.elided> wrote:
> I just got my Bentley Manual for E36 and it says that flushing/bleeding
> brakes can only be performed by BMW dealer on E36 with ASC-T.  IS that
> true?

Not exactly.
Anyone, including yourself and your local independent, can bleed the brakes
with or without ASC-T.
What the dealer can do that you can not is activate the ABS pump to release
old fluid from the ABS system while bleeding the brakes. However, you can
still get most of the old brake fluid out without activating ABS. Which is
exactly what most Club Racers do anyway.

> What if I had my brakes flushed by an Independent Shop?  What kind of
> equipment do they need to perform this operation?

Anything from a right foot to a pressure bleeder. Very few if any
independents will have the factory tools to activate ABS pumps on all the
types of cars they service. Same goes for the tools to bleed the old
automatic transmission fluid out of a bimmer.
If you are a DIY kinda guy, check out:
http://www.ultimategarage.com/special1.html

alex f

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